Marvel Studios released on Sunday, October 21, 2012 the Iron Man 3 trailer teaser, as shown in the video below, as part of its promo for the release of the full Iron Man 3 trailer this coming Tuesday. The new Iron Man movie is the sequel of Iron Man 2, which was released on April 26, 2010.

Iron Man in Iron Man 3 trailerImage Credit: Marvel Studios video

“Get your first look at the trailer for “Iron Man 3,” coming Tuesday to Apple Trailers!” A statement read on the description of the 17-second YouTube video, which has nearly 577,000 views as of this writing. The film features Robert Downey Jr reprising his role as Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.

Besides revealing the new Iron Man suit, which consists of silver with red inlays and allegedly dubbed as Mark XLVII, the Iron Man 3 teaser also gave viewers a glimpse of the villain that appears to be The Mandarin. The official Iron Man Facebook page also offered a sneak preview of Stark‘s reactor on the same day.

The film Iron Man 3, which is also the seventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the release of The Avengers last April, also features the return of Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia “Pepper” Potts, Stark‘s girlfriend, and Don Cheadle as Lt. Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes, Stark‘s closest friend.

Back in May, Guy Pearce was reported to be playing as Aldrich Killian, the creator of the Extremis virus, along with Ben Kingsley, who will play as The Mandarin, another villain. Rebecca Hall also joins the cast as Dr. Maya Hansen, one of the creators of Extremis.

Jon Favreau, director of the two earlier Iron Man movies, will also reprise his short role as Happy Hogan. This upcoming Iron Man 3 film is directed by Shane Black, with a screenplay from Drew Pearce and Shane Black, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, to be released on May 3, 2013.